Whats the story morning glory.

I'd say it's a pretty weird thing to say to someone unless you get the joke...

Whats the story morning glory is old slang from the sixties and you would say it someone waking up with a druggie hangover...morning glory plant seeds have small quantities of substances similar to the hallucinogenic drug LSD, and there was some experimenting going on with them in the past.  (Seeds are now coated with noxious stuff).  I guess someone just came up with the funny little ditty and it spread...perhaps they were adapting and making a joke out of the older and innocent 'Good morning glory'.

These days it is becoming more common again with younger people, due to the Oasis album of this name bringing the phrase back into people's awareness, though most probably do not know the old meaning. In the UK, it now has a double meaning, and I'm sure Oasis were aware of both.  In the UK morning glory is a slang term for the erection men have when they first wake up.

'Morning glory' is certainly not a way of complimenting a woman (you are not saying she looks glorious in the morning).  It's just a jokey thing people may occasionally come out with for a giggle.

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"What's the story, morning glory?" is also used in a song in Bye Bye Birdie (I was in that one in high school). The stage version was in 1960, and the movie came out in 1963, so the drug reference wasn't the first one. (The erection meaning is certainly interesting!)

There's a great scene when the kids are all telephoning each other with gossip about "Hugo" and "Kim."

- What's the story, morning glory?
- What's tale, nightingale?
- Tell me quick about Hugo and Kim!

- What's the story, morning glory?
- What's the word, humming bird?
- Have you heard about Hugo and Kim?