Nutters last part of the post pretty much sums the "average joe" term, in Sweden we call it Svensson = one of the most common last names here.
Eat, work, shit, sleep, drink.

Heck I were one of those guys who just gets paid to do nothing for two years but at least I tried to find a job, and at last even the "job finders department" (don't know what's it's called in English) found a job for me.