# \_\_\_\_\_, the poor man's \_\_\_\_\_ **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949 "2008-02-24T14:35:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/241 "2011-11-21T00:08:55Z")
Chair pillow, the poor man’s ergonomic [Aeron chair](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeron_chair). Using it right now. (The former, not the latter.) ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/242 "2011-11-21T00:23:44Z")
What’s a chair pillow? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/243 "2011-11-21T00:45:24Z")
Crack, the poor man’s religion. Religion, the REALLY poor man’s crack. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/244 "2011-11-21T00:45:49Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > What’s a chair pillow? [Lumbar support cushion](http://www.google.com/search?complete=0&hl=en&q=lumbar%20support%20pillow&gbv=2&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1440&bih=700&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi). Except mine isn’t even that fancy, it’s just a plain old pillow. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/245 "2011-11-21T12:23:53Z")
War of 1812, the poor man’s Napoleonic War. Flour and water, the poor man’s Play-Doh. W.A.S.P., the poor man’s Mötley Crüe. Casio, the poor man’s Timex. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/246 "2011-11-21T14:37:22Z")
> [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](#): > > War of 1812, the poor man’s Napoleonic War. The French and Indian War, the poor man’s Seven Years’ War. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/247 "2011-11-21T14:45:16Z")
John Connolly, the poor man’s LBJ. Ted Kennedy, the poor man’s John Kennedy. Francis the Talking Mule, the poor man’s Mr. Ed. Mr. Ed, the poor man’s Eleanor Roosevelt. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/248 "2011-11-21T15:56:19Z")
The Munsters, the poor man’s Addams Family. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/249 "2011-11-21T19:31:00Z")
On-Cor Salisbury Steak, the poor man’s Sunday roast. (Can substitute turkey & gravy, but you need instant mashed potatoes nonetheless). ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/250 "2011-11-21T20:54:26Z")
I would not be a bit surprised if I posted this earlier in the thread but I’m gonna do this anyway- In the late 70’s- Anthony Hopkins, the poor man’s Richard Burton. Soon before Richard Burton’s death, it was almost reversed. ---
**Author:** ![Chris2011](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Chris2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chris2011)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/251 "2011-11-21T21:12:34Z")
Tosh.O the poor man’s Talk Soup Jimmy Fallon the poor man’s Jay Leno. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/252 "2011-11-21T22:20:56Z")
> [@Chris2011](#): > > Jimmy Fallon the poor man’s Jay Leno. So you have a guy with some actual talent and a sense of humor against the lowest common denominator in talk shows? And the L.C.D. comes out on top? ---
**Author:** ![Horseface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4af34b/32.png) [@Horseface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseface)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/253 "2011-11-22T02:30:53Z")
Terra Nova is the poor man’s Jurassic Park. ---
**Author:** ![Horseface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4af34b/32.png) [@Horseface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseface)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/254 "2011-11-22T02:35:08Z")
Magic 8 ball is the poor man’s GPS. ---
**Author:** ![markplus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@markplus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markplus)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/255 "2011-11-22T04:59:22Z")
_Fact or Faked_: The poor man’s _Mythbusters_. _Krull_: The poor man’s _Star Wars_. _Pawn Stars_: The poor man’s _Antiques Roadshow_. H. Beam Piper: The poor man’s Robert Heinlein. Cody Lundin: The poor man’s Bear Grylls. Jeff Rense: The poor man’s George Noory. The 99 Cent Store: The poor man’s Walmart. Jerry Doyle: The poor man’s Rush Limbaugh. Harold Camping: The poor man’s Hal Lindsey. ---
**Author:** ![markplus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@markplus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markplus)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/256 "2011-11-22T05:31:34Z")
West Virginia: The poor man’s Arkansas. Oklahoma City: The poor man’s Tulsa. Laughlin, Nevada: The poor man’s Las Vegas. Lithium batteries: The poor man’s betavoltaics. Radio Shack: The poor man’s Best Buy. _The Omega Man_: The poor man’s zombie apocalypse. Objectivism: The poor man’s Scientology. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/257 "2011-11-22T05:39:43Z")
> [@markplus](#): > > Objectivism: The poor man’s Scientology. From what I’ve heard about Scientology, it’ll leave a man a lot poorer in the end. ---
**Author:** ![markplus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@markplus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markplus)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/258 "2011-11-22T05:40:01Z")
The Three Stooges: The poor man’s Marx Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![markplus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@markplus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markplus)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/259 "2011-11-22T06:26:03Z")
> [@Horseface](#): > > Magic 8 ball is the poor man’s GPS. . Also known as the poor man’s psychic reading. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/260 "2011-11-22T18:34:34Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > Mr. Ed, the poor man’s Eleanor Roosevelt. Ouch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949.md?page=14)