# \_\_\_\_\_, 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:** 8
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/141 "2011-03-11T19:30:13Z")
Television, the poor man’s Internet. ---
**Author:** ![Khaki\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Khaki\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khaki_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/142 "2011-03-11T19:30:28Z")
Horoscope, the poor woman’s literature. ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/143 "2011-03-11T19:41:40Z")
Wizards of Waverly Place is the poor man’s Harry Potter Jamie Oliver is the poor man’s Gordon Ramsay Dairy Queen is the poor man’s Coldstone The Doctors is the poor man’s Dr. Oz ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/144 "2011-03-11T19:42:37Z")
In America, at least, Islam is the poor man’s Mormonism. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/145 "2011-03-11T19:44:43Z")
Bill Pullman, the poor man’s Bill Paxton. Or the other way around, I really can’t tell ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/146 "2011-03-11T19:53:41Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Star Wars 1,2,3: The poor man’s Star Wars 4,5,6 I disagree: The Star Wars prequels are the _rich_ man’s Star Wars original trilogy, where money substitutes for creativity. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/147 "2011-03-11T20:00:02Z")
I used to refer to my Chrysler 300 as the poor-man’s Mercedes. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/148 "2011-03-11T20:22:12Z")
Canada, the poor man’s United States. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/149 "2011-03-11T20:43:53Z")
Enzyte…viagra ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/150 "2011-03-11T22:08:09Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > Cheese Nips - the poor man’s Cheez-Its. > > Nips are not nearly as cheesy and have some slightly garlicky off-flavor. Yes, Its are crisp while Nips are merely blobs of fat. Nabisco is the poor man’s Sunshine/Keebler. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/151 "2011-03-11T22:34:31Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Canada, the poor man’s United States. 😃 New Zealand, the poor man’s Australia. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/152 "2011-03-11T22:36:17Z")
Religious ecstacy, the poor man’s LSD. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/153 "2011-03-11T22:37:59Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Dunkin Donuts, the poor man’s Starbucks. > 7-11, the poor man’s Dunkin Donuts Hold it right there, missy! You have it EXACTLY backwards! Starbuck’s coffee is over-roasted crap, Dunkin Donuts coffee is 100% Arabica, smooth as sin coffee, best thing going. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/154 "2011-03-11T22:45:23Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Hold it right there, missy! You have it EXACTLY backwards! Starbuck’s coffee is over-roasted crap, Dunkin Donuts coffee is 100% Arabica, smooth as sin coffee, best thing going. Coffee snobbery: The poor man’s wine snobbery. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/155 "2011-03-11T22:48:53Z")
(This is a tricky one) Real life, the poor man’s Second Life Texas, the poor man’s United States Fox News, the poor man’s news ---
**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:** [March 11, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/156 "2011-03-11T23:03:49Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Coffee snobbery: The poor man’s wine snobbery. Dunkin’ Donuts is a snob outfit? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/157 "2011-03-12T00:24:59Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Dunkin’ Donuts is a snob outfit? :dubious: A wine snob who extols the esthetic qualities of recently-manufactured Thunderbird is still a wine snob. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/158 "2011-03-12T00:29:01Z")
Cardboard, the poor man’s footwear material. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/159 "2011-03-12T00:30:34Z")
Fellatio, the poor man’s source of drug-fix funds. ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/160 "2011-03-12T00:59:20Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > Cheese Nips - the poor man’s Cheez-Its. > > Nips are not nearly as cheesy and have some slightly garlicky off-flavor. > [@AppallingGael](#): > > Yes, Its are crisp while Nips are merely blobs of fat. > > Nabisco is the poor man’s Sunshine/Keebler. Aw, HELL no! You people are nuts, man. Cheese Nips are way better than Cheez-Its. However … Cheez-Its and Cheese Nips - the poor man’s Better Cheddars. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949.md?page=9)