ordinary Joe

Sig’s baby was born 70 years ago this autumn, on Nov. 17, when he first demonstrated how it could alert any ordinary joe schmoe listening to the radio.

From within the bounds of a narrow, glass-walled enclosure, Evan Gershkovich appeared to the world as he was: an ordinary Joe, clean-cut, friendly even in the face of hostility.

“That wouldn’t be the case with you, Norman. You’re just an ordinary Joe. We checked out your home life. You have absolutely nothing that anyone could possibly envy or resent.”

“That wouldn’t be the case with you, Norman. You’re just an ordinary Joe. We checked out your home life. You have absolutely nothing that anyone could possibly envy or resent.”

“While President Yoon has a stern image as a former prosecutor, he is actually folksy, middle class and down to earth — just like the ‘ordinary Joe’ in the White House,” she said.