I've read 43 1/2 Isaac Asimov books in the last few years...and at least another dozen when I was a teenager. But this is the first time I've ever seen the word "farting" in one of his books. Not that that is a big deal. It isn't, of course. But Dr. Asimov is usually straining for a certain dignified mode of expression, so seeing this word burst out of the page tickled my fancy a mite. And aside from the anomaly thing, there's also the fact that there were other, gentler expressions for the auditory / olfactory manifestations of gastrointestinal distress which he could have strained for.
Just sayin', sir.
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