• Both use unusual verbal communication methods.
• Both need to deal with strong winds in their day-to-day life.
• Both make heavy use of facial expressions.
• Both have jobs requiring balance and dexterity.
• Both frequently wear stripey shirts.
• You wouldn't want to run across either in a dark alley.
• Both their jobs involve taking money off strangers.
• Both wear unusual and distinctive hats.
• Both can give children nightmares.
• French versions of both are even more spine-chilling.
• Both are in danger of being summarily put to death in certain jurisdictions.

Can't they all just get along?

Pirate photo CC BY 2.0 Kordite. Mime photo CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Phil Moore.