The July 4th Costume Party By Lynn S. M. Rated: G Submitted: August 2012 Summary: Someone shows up oddly dressed at The Daily Planet's costume party. Just what is the costume supposed to be? Standard disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters mentioned herein; they belong to DC Comics and Warner Brothers. This piece was not beta-read. *** "See, Lois, this isn't so bad, is it?" Clark, dressed as Uncle Sam, asked Lois. "You make a cute Betsy Ross." Lois grimaced, "Don't get me started. The only reason I'm here in this ridiculous outfit is because the bigwigs upstairs insisted we have a patriotic costume party to celebrate the Fourth and, not incidentally, to schmooze our advertisers. At least the weather is holding." Just then their least-favorite colleague approached them. Ralph was dressed as he usually was, except for a pair of gaudy, 1970's-style thick metal chains around his neck, each supporting a model race car. "Hey, guys, whazzup?" Lois said, "Why aren't you in costume?" Ralph replied, "I am in costume. Don't you get it? I'm displaying our Indy pendants!" THE END