Got Any Eights?

You know how when your playing 'Go Fish' and you tell someone to "go fish" and if they draw what they asked you for, then they call out "I got what I wanted," and then they get to go again? And there is that moment's hesitation before you can ask for what you want because they may have gotten what they want. It's hard to know exactly how long that pause should be, largely because we play 'Go Fish' so infrequently these days that sometimes the opponent can forget to check to see if, indeed, the card they drew was the card they wanted. In this way, silence is an odd way to indicate that it's your turn to speak, when normally it is the perfect indicator.

Well, some of you know that recently I went fishing for a new job and a new car.

As awkward as it may be, let my silence be my indication that it is your turn.