COULD they end up re-used dirty? I recall drying my hands on dirty-looking ones...
Perhaps they were laundered and first use, just stained badly?
Yep, maybe.
Or, if the roll was at the end, or if the mechanism was jammed and would not allow pulling to a fresh section.
I may even have a roll of fresh towel, in some safe place.
Statue of Limitations is over. (Except for J6 people)
It is great fabric for wiping rags, etc.