My sister told me that White-Out (the Liquid Paper brand) was for when you ran out of paper and needed more. You just poured some White-Out on the table and you had a new sheet of paper.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I was convinced that paper could only be made out of Birch trees (because they had white bark).Anon
- when I was small I always thought that the solar system ended, and then it was just white paper after that— sparrow
- Until I tried it in 3rd grade, my parents told me that if I ate paper my poop would come out in packages.— The Mailman
- I used to think that when you sent a fax, the paper went through the wires.— em
- When I was little, I believed that clouds came from paper mills.— Ryne
- I use to think that mummies were wrapped in toilet paper.— Glowworm