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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
* @' f: y5 M. ^: |0 g6 ['I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
) f6 w. r* z6 q# V( zThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
! R. Y) z- _* z$ ~The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid. + q* I5 z) z+ } H$ F4 c" J
' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? ' q5 u7 |8 C; ^( r7 n
'Yes... speaking'
: k; W" f( M1 h: ~ n. [. Z/ BReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
+ Q" P; W5 A% x& ? r" r: X- v) I'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
+ S% N A9 v2 A" j'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
. C# a" H- p, c) f8 _) D( \'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????' & ]) p G! F8 o" _" J
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue ' " Q; [* M4 z. d* U7 Y6 s
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
! t1 B/ S/ u* U$ O( m'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
3 |( q" H" Y1 A7 _/ X'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
- r: g5 ]# G2 z) @( V- c8 PThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning. 2 o# S; Q F) F
'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
* ^2 S0 B2 Z: [What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts. ( t& `# g7 H4 n5 G, I
'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
9 f$ _+ Y* _: ^'PAY you? And if I refuse?' ; J v3 G6 |: e" P3 f6 k
'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.' ) D+ M, N N9 O W4 T. B. R
'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
/ d, X1 q. a4 R, I6 d1 q0 k'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.' |
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