# \_\_\_\_\_, 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:** 9
**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, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/161 "2011-03-12T01:59:42Z")
Roadkill, the poor man’s comfort food. ---
**Author:** ![I-VI-ii-V](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c89c15/32.png) [@I-VI-ii-V](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I-VI-ii-V)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/162 "2011-03-12T03:03:47Z")
For the woodworkers out there: Alder, the poor man’s cherry. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/163 "2011-03-12T03:11:05Z")
For all of our Natalie Portman fans (and I’m one of 'em): [http://www.popeater.com/2011/01/12/natalie-portman-topless-miss-dior/](http://www.popeater.com/2011/01/12/natalie-portman-topless-miss-dior/) ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/164 "2011-03-12T13:00:02Z")
PHP is the poor man’s Perl. Ruby is the poor man’s Smalltalk. Python is the poor man’s Scheme. Objects are the poor man’s closures, _and vice-versa._ Zen is the poor man’s Zen. ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/165 "2011-03-12T14:06:09Z")
Coast Guard is the poor man’s Navy. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/166 "2011-03-12T18:22:51Z")
Maybe not so well known, but it looks to me like [Zlad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlad) is the poor man’s Borat. ---
**Author:** ![jordanr2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@jordanr2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jordanr2)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/167 "2011-03-12T18:31:41Z")
He’s gone through a critical reappraisal in the past decade or so, but in the past many would’ve called Phil Ochs the poor man’s Dylan. (And when he was starting out, of course, Dylan himself was the poor man’s Woody Guthrie.) ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/168 "2011-03-12T18:41:39Z")
Cold Steel, the poor man’s every custom knife maker from whom they ever stole a design. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/169 "2011-03-12T19:18:25Z")
Michael Buble, the poor man’s Harry Connick Jr - OK, just kidding “The Singing Bee”, the poor man’s “Don’t Forget the Lyrics” And although I’ve never watched either, I think it’s still correct to say: “The Mentalist”, the poor man’s “Psych” ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/170 "2011-03-12T19:56:33Z")
St. Vincent, the poor man’s Bjork. ---
**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 12, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/171 "2011-03-12T20:58:55Z")
Boredom, the poor man’s ennui. ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/172 "2011-03-12T22:07:39Z")
Sickert, the poor man’s Degas Romancing the Stone, the poor man’s Indiana Jones [Brian Cox](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(physicist)), the Poor Man’s Carl Sagan ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/173 "2011-03-12T22:39:28Z")
Fins the poor man’s Benjamins. ---
**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, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/174 "2011-03-12T23:28:36Z")
Flea markets, the poor man’s shopping malls. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/175 "2011-03-13T00:49:48Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Flea markets, the poor man’s shopping malls. EBay, the poor man’s Flea Market. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/176 "2011-03-13T02:14:02Z")
Harold Lloyd, the poor man’s Buster Keaton, the poor man’s Charlie Chaplin. Cybermen, the poor man’s Borg. ---
**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 13, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/177 "2011-03-13T02:20:27Z")
Tomorrow, the poor man’s today. ---
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/178 "2011-03-13T02:45:09Z")
Mr. Pibb - the poor man’s Dr. Pepper. Michael Bay - the poor man’s Sam Peckinpah. ---
**Author:** ![Docta\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Docta\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Docta_G)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/179 "2011-03-13T03:19:45Z")
The United States of America: the poor man’s democracy. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/180 "2011-03-13T03:39:43Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Harold Lloyd, the poor man’s Buster Keaton, the poor man’s Charlie Chaplin. > > Cybermen, the poor man’s Borg. Cybermen came first. [1966](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberman) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949.md?page=10)