We're the Only Ones "You Can Leave Your Hat On" Enough

It seems like we just got done talking about Joe Cocker lyrics.*

And now we read this:

Thomas C. Wetherington, 22, says he was treated unfairly when the N.C. Highway Patrol dismissed him in August over a lost hat, especially considering that other troopers have kept their jobs despite having sexual liaisons on duty.

"Look, we've got guys having sex in patrol cars just about every day," said Wetherington, a trooper since 2007. "Why did I get dismissed when other guys get slaps on the wrist?"

Is that what was getting slapped?

Besides, Billy's mom let's him do it.

Still, Bare...uh...headed Tom's assertions notwithstanding, not all "Only Ones" in love stories have happy endings:

A former North Carolina state trooper wants his job back after being fired for having a drunken sexual encounter with another trooper's wife in the back seat of a car headed home from a Christmas party.

The woman's husband was in the front seat.

True class just has a way of coming to the fore, does it not?

You can leave your hat on.

[Via Cocked and Loaded]

* I am reminded in comments the song was written by Randy Newman. The Cocker version was the most popular and the one I associate with the song.