“My grandmother used to say
before you moan about the muck on someone else's glasses
make sure you're not on about the muck on your own

her glasses were filthy”

— John Hegley

"Grandma's glasses" (cf: Matthew 7:3 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#Chapter_7)
Glad To Wear Glasses (1990)

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