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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck: # ^8 u i& ]# v3 d8 L: B
'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
! |2 D4 _* X* }% c% H2 ~The doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.' 1 [6 y4 U: x, |( d
The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid. 8 W. u) B0 C3 h
' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? ' . B3 u8 v2 A4 b" l6 D
'Yes... speaking' & S" W, e+ l5 d6 b. A$ J. W5 k
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!' 4 u8 z- o. n8 T5 C) x/ o
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
+ W# i8 O7 R: h7 l' w'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
, I0 c' n2 p( V7 `$ k+ N0 v'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????' & ^& y0 x1 W- [& B9 l7 ?
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
4 s6 u2 N7 q. ]& f2 h' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
3 V. x* E6 M) P" l+ h2 K, N' \'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
2 I2 [" ^8 `. b7 \6 X# ?6 ['I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow ' 4 q7 D+ L" w6 w! t/ T' o' k
That night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning. i" X, O7 [7 h* l, m
'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
3 u1 Z+ g9 q8 [5 a# I9 _What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts. " w; Z6 D& s- f5 i: ^
'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.' % O0 s7 R$ J8 N! A
'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
6 h3 [4 F. {! l H. t'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
- D t: _3 n1 ~5 p0 T'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks. , p4 t/ {( k) U/ q, C: S" j" g7 c
'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.' |
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