The Pros and Cons of Having an Afro

I don't know how many of you have noticed but my hair is a bit...err...afro-ish. It's been on and off like that for a number of years now (all through high school really) and it's brought me many different emotions before I eventually just became indifferent. At times it has brought me love and friends and at other times it has brought me scorne and sarcasm. So I just thought I'd list the pros and cons I've personally experienced having an afro like the obsessive compulsive tool I am.

Pros

• Some people are friendlier to me because of it. Let's face it, I'm no charismatic stud. I'm an awkward man at the best of times and I tend to overanalyse social situations to the point where I realise about 15 minutes too late that I should've asked how they were. Therefore I need all the help socially I can get.
• It does provide some shade
• Coupled with my height, people find it easy to find me in crowds

Cons

• Random yelling from cars. You wouldn't believe the way young hooligans in cars behave towards me sometimes. I put up with years of "Guy Sabastion!" being yelled at me as a P-plater sped past.
• Jokes. I hate having to stand there forcing weak laughter in response to a joke about my hair that I've heard many times before from other people. It's embarrasing for all involved.
  
• It's embarrassing when someone says I have something in my hair like a stick or some leaves. It's even worse when I'm in the shower at the end of the day, a stick washes out and I realise I've been wearing it all day.
• This one's really only an isolated incident but one day my best friend was drunk and called me a "Flat-fro motherfucker." This wouldn't have normally bothered me but I, too, was drunk and in a sensitive, crybaby kinda mood.

That's more or less it I think. People also like to try and straighten my hair. I always tell them that my hair will win but they never believe me. I don't mind though, hair straightening is fun.