>Though there are stock phrases that JMS seems to like
>using. "...straight to hell" is one, as in "blow it...", "went...",
>etc.

"Went" is a phrase...?

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>Here are some more: "Folks Back Home" and "So-and-so and I have had our
>differences" Who wants to add to the list?

It's called vernacular or common parlance.

Just like "add to the list."

And I think I have used "straight to hell" a grand total of about five times in
200+ produced scripts. Much the same can be said of the other examples. I'm
not sure that fits the description of "stock" lines.

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>How about "With all due respect..." ?

In the military, and in politics, people use that phrase when they want to
disagree with a superior officer or person of high rank. That's what one
*says*. That's protocol.

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>I always wanted to do a "hell" video collection from the five seasons
>of B5 (of course, being a good boy, I wouldn't do such a thing as it
>would breach copyright etc... Ahem...) with a counter in the bottom
>right of the screen. :-)

That's the result when hell is the only profanity you can use in broadcast
television.

There are any number of far more colorful turms I'd much rather have used.

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