average Joe

An average, unexceptional, or ordinary person, especially a boy or man. So many movies try to cater to as many people as possible, watered down for the average Joe. I like to think I'm a bit more intelligent than your average Joe.

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These average Joes and Janes have stated that the district's licensed and professional engineers are wrong when they concluded that the district's 40-plus-year-old concrete-asbestos pipes need replacement and that other major repairs are needed as well.

Local Opinion

I hope the above list shows why the average Joe Public has lost faith in politics in Britain.

Letter: Viewpoints - Politicians out of touch with 'Joe P'

I know a lot more than the average Joe about green design, but the real experts are the writers who contribute material.

Green clicks: eco-blogs come of age

Church of Steve," in which an average Joe named Steve discovers he may be a descendant of Christ, comes from Chris Henchy and exec producers Will Ferrell and Adam McKay.

What's in a name?

When it takes some average Joe Citizen like me, who comes out of some remote suburb like Aliso Viejo, California, to bring national awareness to this crisis, there is something incompetent or corrupt within your government.

Minutemen answers the call: in Minutemen: The Battle To Secure America's Borders, authors Gilchrist and torsi thoroughly analyze the dangers of uncontrolled immigration and provide workable solutions

Even if the average Joe works in a government or an educational institution, tax dollars from corporations and from the individuals who work there help pay the bills.

Is "corporation" a dirty word?

My brother is just an average Joe, very laid back, the sort of person you would want to know.

`Free my ordinary brother

The average Joe is going to call Comcast customer support.

Broadband deluxe: high-speed firms take the stress out of networking

With its "dark milieu of sexual surprises and heroin addiction, How Loathsome isn't your average Joe Phillips romp.

Sexy and Loathsome: author J.T. LeRoy talks to the creators of the graphic novel How Loathsome about one of gay readers' leading phobias: sexual ambiguity

And yet, the conservatives are ultimately right: The Bachelor, Joe Millionaire, Average Joe, My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance and all the other "win a husband/wife" shows surely trivialize the sanctity of marriage and, in the process, turn straight coupling, for better or for worse, into pure entertainment.

Reality TV gives marriage an extreme makeover

Similar" being defined here by a blue and a red line having similar patterns on a graph that goes far beyond the understanding of your Average Joe.

ATR innovates

The fact that there is a myriad of products and deals on eBay is evident, but can the average Joe use it?

Start your bidding @ ... Ag auctions find a place on the Web

This is well-known by investment professionals; however, the average Joe lives in hopes of picking the one stellar fund that shoots the lights out.

TDSP 401(k)'s award-winning design delivers bold, even occasionally "heretical" editorial fare. (Newsletter Profile)

Spotlight feature, The Chef's Garden, introduces Huron, Ohio, as the "Napa Valley" of the vegetable world and its proprietors, the Joneses, as anything but your average Joe.

Mise en place

Cohen is toying with mere mortals on the one hand but, on the other hand, is on the outside looking in at the average Joe and Jane.