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[Laurence Horn]

> On Apr 23, 2015, at 10:46 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 7:58 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> His usual greeting to people was "What's your story?"
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> "What's your story, morning glory?" has probably around since the '20's.

Or "What's the story, morning glory?" To which the response is "What's the word, hummingbird?"

Don't know by how much that exchange predated "Bye Bye Birdie", though.

LH

> My
> mother was familiar with it and it can still be heard, today. OTOH, simple
> "What's your story?" is a new one on me.
> 
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> -- 
> -Wilson
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> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> -Mark Twain
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