A Camel Named Tom Marley Made Me Choose: Be Right or Be Happy

Relationship advice from a friend and a racing camel

“Tom Marley is a racing camel,” Ahmed said. “The fastest in all of the Sinai.”

“Tom Marley?” I asked. “Not Bob?”

Ahmed appeared somewhat surprised by my ignorance, but the stupidity of tourists is known the world over.

Ahmed patiently explained that Tom Marley, the racing camel, was named after Tom Marley, the world-famous country and western singer from A…