Bloc Leader, Gilles Duceppe, looked less than amused Saturday during a media scrum in a barnyard when a reporter asked him, "If you could be any kind of farm animal, which farm animal would you be?"

Duceppe held a press briefing in front of a horse corral at the St-Tite Western Festival — which draws hundreds of thousands of country and rodeo fans — after he sat in on a calf-roping competition and then gladhanded with festival goers.

When asked the question, Duceppe huffed and said, "I'm neither a farm animal, nor an animal party. I'm myself, period," managing a chuckle.

The reporter retorted, "Come on, Mr. Harper was asked what kind of vegetable he would be."

Duceppe interjected, "That's their problem. I mean if they have — How do you say — I'm not schizophrenic. I never thought I was a vegetable, or a fruit or an animal. Sorry."

— Tim Duboyce