My ex had a ginger afro
It started as a ginger buzz when we met, and gradually got longer and longer for a few years, puffing out on its way. He liked the attention from me it gave him, but hated any other attention for it, being a shyer one than average.

I have two favourite moments from this:

A completely off his face guy in his 40s on the rall replacement bus on the way home from a festival, walking across the bus just to come and congratulate him on his hair. He kept shaking his hand, and saying "look, that is amazing. Don't ever let anyone take it off you." and repeating that statement while rephrasing, while getting more and more drunk, then promptly falling flat on his face getting off the bus, only to scrabble back up to wave goodbye to "the afro".

Going to the Boots counter to get headlice treatment (it happens, and unfortunately my mother works in a nursery so it's even more likely) and the guy on the counter, with his own (non-ginger) afro points and says "dude, your hair is *awesome*!"
(mmmm curry doesn't really understand this sig lark, Thu 25 Feb 2010, 13:13, 2 replies)

To be fair, it was pretty awesome. Clashed with a green Safeway shirt, though.
(Le Misanthrope last procrastinated on, Fri 26 Feb 2010, 18:42, closed)

oo!
I wonder who this is...
(mmmm curry doesn't really understand this sig lark, Sat 27 Feb 2010, 14:34, closed)