Top Ten Signs You Are Trick-or-Treating in a Bad Neighborhood

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Here's some honorable mentions, included just for your safety...

The people look gruesome, but they're not wearing costumes (StaceMystr@aol.com)

That ain't fake blood. (Praxite)

As you enter the neighborhood, you hear the theme from 'The Twilight Zone.' (badelf)

And now, the main list...

10. After you knock on the door you hear "You got the stuff?" (BadElf)

9. All the other "tricksters" you see in the neighborhood are armed. (Berly)

8. The sidewalk chalk body outlines are pumpkin-shaped. (ssnyder@csc.com)

7. The sign at the city limits says "Proud Home of satan, Ruler of the Underworld". (sader)

6. Even the armed postal workers don't deliver the mail anymore. (sader)

5. One guy says, "Would you rather a grenade or a gun?" (Chase)

4. The skeletons are real. (microplanetx)

3. You notice a bloody glove and bruno magli shoeprints. (burlyman@wcinet.net)

2. The street you're on is clearly lighted by red and blue lights. (Joenifty1)

There's worse things than dodging bullets, right? Just don't march in to AdMan's neighborhood, I hear it's bad...

1. The syringes hidden in your candy were not properly sterilized.