 Avon uses this phrase in a speech he makes to D'Angelo about the random nature of their business and the constant danger involved.It also relates to the detail; as Freamon points out, they should have had the wire up in time to catch the discussion of Bailey's murder on the phones (and, if not that, certainly the kidnapping of Brandon).The conversation Bodie and Poot have about HIV/AIDS transmission is taken almost verbatim from the non-fiction book "".