I said Bāl, not rāl

When it comes to the behind, you’re behind.

-Bassem Youssef, Egyptian Comedian, addressing Westerners about their bathroom habits

This brings to mind the old riddle, What does a dog do on three legs and a lady sitting down? The Kababish might ask, What does a camel do when standing and a man when squatting? If your answer is not, Bāl, To Micturate, you’d be wrong…unless you were in the company of a Khawaja who stands when he goes, in which case the correct answer is Rāl in its Intensive Form, Rawwal, as Lane defines, To Slobber or To Discharge Urine Interruptedly or Convulsively, a verb used exclusively for animals, for that is how they probably thought of me when I went.