There are also non-poisonous frogs that LOOK like poisonous frogs, and moths that look like bumblebees, and even nasty fish that look like nice fish, all the better for sneaking up on unsuspecting victims. Mimicry is a commonly enough known phenomenon that I don’t think it’s all that esoteric. Although the NYer clearly disagrees with me.
I loved your caption but it does require a bit of background knowledge to fully appreciate the wit.
I agree. I thought it was very clever. I like the fact that you have to make a connection. I also think a good number of New Yorker readers would get the Mondrian/Monarch coloration/ mimicry reference.
Best I can do is “I’m afraid Harry still thinks he’s Jacques Cousteau but at least he’ll get out of the tub now.”
How about for #25:
“Oh, we met at a local dive bar.”
As a Brit I’m not eligible to enter, but for that one I did think of “They appear to have established a dominace heirarchy”.