A nice, short look at names like John Q Public, Joe Sixpack, Joe Bloggs, and the like as Everyman constructs with vaguely varying meanings.
Are You a John Q. Public or a Joe Blow?
Meet John Q. Public. He also goes by John Q. Citizen and John Q. Taxpayer. He’s an upstanding sort who shovels the ice off his stretch of sidewalk, writes a check to his local ASPCA, and tries to be a loving dad to his 2½ kids. He sits in traffic….