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Origins: Some gaffes just can't be improved upon: A photograph of Quebec separatist Lucien Bouchard and his wife was published in a Hong Kong newspaper Thursday with the wrong caption, identifying them as British serial killers Fred and Rosemary West.The photograph appeared in the English-language South China Morning Post with the headline: Cheerful, Charming Odd-jobman West Driven by Sex and Sadism.The story was about the Wests, a British couple linked to a series of gruesome murders and dismemberment. But the photograph was that of Bouchard and his wife, Audrey, shown together as the Bloc Quebecois leader announced his decision to seek the job as premier of Quebec.Perhaps it takes a Canadian to fully savor the delicious irony of this. Former Leader of the Opposition in Canada's House of Commons, former Premier of Quebec, and avowed separatist, Bouchard is easily one of the most recognizable political figures in Canada. Were one to sum him up in one word, it could only be unsmiling. (Popular wisdom has it that on any given day the probability of Lucien Bouchard cracking a smile is greatly exceeded by the chance of unemployment disappearing, Bell Canada lowering its rates, and the Canadian dollar rising to $1.87 U.S.) To identify Bouchard as cheerful and charming is even more of a howler than confusing him with a serial killer. Barbara it was an occident Mikkelson
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