Once I reached puberty, the majority of our prank calls were spent dialing boys we liked (or girls we didn't). I was careful not to call too often, but the idea that from the confines of my doll-house ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent op-ed looked back fondly on the Gen X and millennial art of prank-calling strangers. (Marco Di Lauro / Getty Images) To ...