It's wacky out here in the burbs. Real Stories brings you the funniest, most absurd and stranger-than-fiction real stories from all over America. Stories that can only happen in the burbs. We, the B-Team, provide original headlines, plus our own crazy Burbia "takes" on the stories. Send us your stories too. If they meet Burbia's stringent standards (e.g., they make us laugh), we'll tee up them too.

Florida To Drivers: No More Ornamental Bull Testicles

Tallahassee, FL

B-Take: That's right. You want to celebrete bull testicles, hang them in your house not off the bumbers of your cars. Apparently, Florida lawmakers are concerned the impressive oversized displays of bull-hood are too distracting (titillating) to other drivers? Decals of naked women, fun with guns...no problem. But bull gonads...God almighty, what's next? Gorilla butt cheeks hanging from the mirror?...see the full story.

For Sale: New House, With Noose

Central England

B-Take: A homebuyer in England was stunned when his realtor opened a closet & there, hanging neatly (no hanger), was the homeseller--dead, an apparent suicide. Yea, housing is tough overseas but this is the 1st time a seller resorted to suicide to draw attention to his languishing home. Impressive! And, say brokers, quite possibly the next big sales tactic, after bathroom upgrade & adding a mud room....see the full story.

Gazebo In Flames Following Man's Marriage Proposal

Chappaqua, NY

B-Take: Good News: Man fills home gazebo with candles & proposes to his beloved. Good News: Beloved accepts. Good News: Lovers embrace & leave for celebratory vacation. Not So Good News: Man forgets to blow out candles. Pretty Bad News: Gazebo goes up in flames. Really Bad News: Man's property insur- ance quadruples, neighbors are irate & fiance knows what a nimrod he is & (just a guess) re-thinks the pre-nup....see the full story.