# \_\_\_\_\_, 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:** 4
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/61 "2008-02-25T15:29:32Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] But Dumbledore is the poor man’s Gandalf. [/QUOTE] Dude, Dumbledore isn’t even the _homeless_ man’s Gandalf. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/62 "2008-02-25T15:53:34Z")
[QUOTE=Raguleader] United States Navy, the poor man’s Air Force. [/QUOTE] United States Air Force, the poor man’s country club. (d&r) ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/63 "2008-02-25T16:02:40Z")
Reno, the poor man’s Vegas. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/64 "2008-02-25T16:06:55Z")
[QUOTE=Mosier] Reno, the poor man’s Vegas. [/QUOTE] [Wendover](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Wendover%2C_Nevada), the poor man’s Reno. Trust me, I’ve been there. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/65 "2008-02-25T16:13:07Z")
Branson, MO, the poor man’s Orlando. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/66 "2008-02-25T16:13:39Z")
I want to thank the OP for this brief moment of [SDMB fame](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9505503&postcount=3) ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/67 "2008-02-25T16:23:15Z")
For the magicians out there: The [Mark Wilson Course](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Wilson's_Complete_Course_In_Magic) , the poor man’s [Tarbell Course](http://www.magictricks.com/magicbooks/general/tarbell.htm) I’ve also heard: [The Amateur Magician’s Handbook](http://www.amazon.com/Amateur-Magicians-Handbook-Henry-Hay/dp/0785802045), the poor man’s Tarbell Course. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/68 "2008-02-25T17:03:08Z")
February, the poor man’s January Albuquerque, the poor man’s Mos Eisley ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/69 "2008-02-25T17:04:12Z")
flashlight and testicles, the poor man’s lava lamp. Or so I’ve read numerous times on the sdmb. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/70 "2008-02-25T19:35:23Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] I must seriously object to the second. The Navy is far older. The Navy has greater traditions and can do everything the Air Force can do and so much more. Beside the Marines are actual part of the Navy and we have the SEALs. [/QUOTE] Well, the way the Air Force’s budget requests seem to be going, the Navy may still be cheaper sooner or later. “Whadya_mean_ you need five hundred gillion dollars for a new airplane?!” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/71 "2008-02-25T19:48:56Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] Branson, MO, the poor man’s Orlando. [/QUOTE] Orlando, the [del]poor[/del] married man’s Vegas. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/72 "2008-02-25T19:51:19Z")
Brookstone, the poor man’s Sharper Image Bed, Bath, and Beyond, the poor man’s Williams-Sonoma ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/73 "2008-02-25T19:55:36Z")
K-Mart, the poor man’s Wal\*Mart. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/74 "2008-02-25T20:18:04Z")
The internet, the poor man’s life. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/75 "2008-02-25T20:54:50Z")
Leeks are “l’asperge des pauvres”, or the asparagus of the poor, in France. I probably blew the French translation, I know. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/76 "2008-02-26T00:20:37Z")
[QUOTE=KRC] Albuquerque, the poor man’s Mos Eisley [/QUOTE] HA!!! Yes, exactly! ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/77 "2008-02-26T00:40:08Z")
Sleep, the poor man’s Coffee. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/78 "2008-02-26T04:50:57Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Bread, ketchup & Velveta, the poor man’s pizza. [/QUOTE] I swear on my mother’s grave, we really did eat that as ‘pizza’ when we were broke. **Two Inches of Fun** , the poor man’s **TLDR** ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/79 "2008-02-26T05:04:40Z")
The emergency exit row is the poor man’s (me) first class. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/80 "2008-02-26T07:19:12Z")
Kiwis, the poor man’s Aussies. Alabama, the poor man’s Georgia. Mamie Van Doren, the poor man’s Jayne Mansfield. Ronald Reagan, the poor man’s Tyrone Power. Samuel L. Jackson, the poor man’s Laurence Fishburne. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949.md?page=5)