I recently shaved mine! It was for the Leukiema Foundation's World's Greatest Shave thingy. I had the ladies use clippers at the '0' setting! When I got home my flatmate did a double-take before squealing speechlessly for 2 whole minutes! Since then I've had so many people rub my hair.
I still have the bag full of my locks. If you know anyone who wants to buy long, straight, black, un-dyed hair that averages 30cm in length, let me know! (And for those who don't know, I'm female)
I've had people ask me whether I'm a buddhist! Oh, and when I was at the Australian Museum I had a little boy come up to me and ask whether I was a boy or girl! I answered and then proceeded to return the favour by asking "Are you a boy or a girl?" And recently I had a customer ask me if I was going to grow my hair back because I was my "pleasant" to look at with long hair!