Younger readers, if I have any, wouldn't have a clue as to what that means. It refers to the electric chair. ( which is short-circuited and out of business.) It would be yelled at some guilty criminal in a movie court-room scene. "Give him the chair!!!". Before that, some folks would yell, "Hang the dirty rustler!". Judge Roy Bean was especially good at that. I have a picture on my wall showing the judge having court outside his office and bar "West of The Pecos". Close by in the picture are four hombres holding the reins of a riderless fifth horse. The Judge is giving the man a fair trial before they hang him. Now, however, not too much to worry about if you are a criminal. A Corpus Christi hoodlum was plea bargained to a twenty-one year sentence for killing a man in his home and wounding his three children. He will be eligible for parole in ten years! The court records revealed this guy had been convicted of manslaughter in 2003 and given seven years for that! He was out walking the streets in July of 2008. So much for rehab. We debated "should capitol punishment be abolished?" when I was in school a half century ago. My position has not changed.........anyway....
I have had an old blue recliner which was rescued from an alley in Taft several years ago. It is a comfortable chair but well worn. We bought a new recliner. What to do with the old one? I could not sell it, but would gladly give it away. My neighbor helped me drag it to the street. I put a sign on it that said "take it". I knew it would be gone yesterday morning. IT WASN'T ! After most of the day and no takers I was discouraged. Ann came to me and said a family had lost everything in a fire. I told her to call and see if they wanted ole blue. They said they would take it but not until February 1 when they get in another house. I dragged ole blue from his street location to the garage. He now awaits another lease on life. In the meantime I have a great chair to replace my folding chair at the "office" in my garage. I guess, come February, I will have to relinquish ole blue and "give them the chair!". My position has not changed.