The Wonderous World of Wite-Out

As per request, I'm going to write about Wite-Out, or if you prefer Liquid Paper, because at my place of employment, Liquid Paper is all that I have at my disposal. So now, here is the history of Wite-Out. Think of this as if you were on the "Carousel of Progress" in Disneyworld. Cause that's what I like to do.

Back when they first invented paper, or papyrus, when they messed up writing out a long story in hierogylphics, they simply would make up some new papyrus which could take up to weeks. Therefore forgetting what the story was about and being forced to write it on the walls. Wite-Out was yet to be discovered.

Wite-Out was conceived from the idea of "white washing" a fence or a house. Think Tom Sawyer. You can convince anyone to use Wite-Out, right? That's why Tom was the original spokesman of Wite-Out. People would simply mix up some white paint in their backyards and then bring the paint into the house and "white wash" their mistake. But to make this idea really work, someone had to make it more practical.

Enter, Hewite I. Tout. Plagued with bad penmanship and a horrible speller, the teacher often punished Hewite by having the big paint can permanantly by his desk in the one room school house. This embarassed him greatly and he would often get in trouble at home because of all the white paint he would get on his clothes. One day, while watching his mother pickle beets, he stole one of the jars that she was using to pickle the beets, smaller than the paint can, he thought that maybe it would be less noticable. His older sister was an artist, and she had a lot of paint brushes. So when she was outside painting a scenery shot, he swiped one of her fine paintbrushed. He felt that something with a finer point would make getting rid of the mistakes easier and less sloppy. So by fashioned a device of a paint brush and a jar (with the paintbrush glued to the jar lid) the modern day Wite-Out was born. He got the name from all the kid's saying "He Wite It Out," a play on his name.

Today, Wite-Out is used in millions of offices around the country and it has also evolved to Yello-Out, Green-Out, or even Pink-Out for colored surfaces. Another big draw of Wite-Out is the fragrance. It comes in one, "snuff." You can inhale this stuff and you'll be on cloud nine for a good hour or two. Also, you can write things in it. I wrote out the name of myself and all my future cats.

Remember when using Wite-Out. Do not inhale your first time, it'll only make you sick. And shake before use, because if not, it's watery and who wants watery Wite-Out? Hewite would not approve.