halloweenjack

And that video store clerk... was Quentin Tarantino.

See also.

Upvote is really for your dad, for proving that the best reason to have kids is to mess with their heads.

Kids do weird shit. When I was pretty young, I got into the habit of eating dirt because I understood that vegetables came from it and I thought, well, cut out the middleman. I stopped when I threw up mud on my grandma's kitchen floor.

I think that it probably has to do with the same reason why outlandish makeup, clothes etc. are often forbidden in schools--it's seen as potentially disruptive, especially if one of the inmates/kids gets picked on by the others for standing out. It's enforcing conformity to maintain control.