There I was Diggin this 'ole .... (well I wasnt, and theyre not yet)

Was just speaking to a management contractor regarding replacement gas supplies to some flats.

Classic quote from them "its not just when are we to put first shovel in the ground, its where we going to do it"

I would suggest where the new pipes are needed?

I knew what they meant, but in isolation the above was incredibly vunerable to a jocular ribbing.
I resisted and kept my thoughts on how funny the statement was, to myself.