Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
$ i( V9 C4 s0 R; K; R3 H0 o& R$ {'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
+ l- m3 b- H$ I& m/ ]The doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
0 a+ g7 |8 |& M* P1 N" S3 HThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
- r( b! d$ [, C' E5 n* S; M' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
' T; }( Q0 L& N' Y'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
0 R5 O0 t0 s1 L9 E( f'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
' C/ T, j( g& D' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
: {8 Z& O( m2 Y- h% A: o'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
That night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
# J  \2 ^. _5 F: M3 DWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
& v& j2 w' ?" N9 K8 f2 i7 }'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
( M, j- d' i2 v6 ~3 d) C( H'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
# x0 ^2 _0 l) I1 M8 i& E'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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