Every week Poison frontman Bret Michaels searches for a worthy life partner on Rock of Love Bus, while Rock Daily searches for ways to reference “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” in our recaps. Here’s our take on episode eight:

Sixty Minutes of Rockin’ Reality in Three Sentences: In Spring Break capital of the world, Panama City, Florida, Bret puts his ladies to the test hosting a kids pool party while he watches on a very rock & roll “nanny cam.” The winner: Ashley (”I might dance on the weekend, but Monday through Friday I am a stay-at-home mom”) rides ATVs with Bret, but the date turns sour when Michaels talks smack about her BFF Farrah. Hint: this is what we in the literary world would call foreshadowing.

Hey-Oh!: For the first time this season, Bret referenced his favorite song — his own “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”! When a wasted Beverly tells him he needs to shave, Michaels mentions that song’s video as evidence he looks good scruffy, reminding us of the good old days when Bret would find a way to work his fave tune into every episode of Season One.

The Most Ridiculous Part: Penthouse Pet Taya finds it distasteful when the girls “use sex to manipulate people.” Three minutes later, she’s naked in a hot tub with Mindy … and then they’re showering together and talking about Ashley and Farrah. Thus begins a hilarious shower fight that ends with salsa in Mindy’s luggage (”I was trying to spice up her wardrobe,” quoth Ashley. Zing!).

The Rockin’ Send-Off: It comes down to party-all-the-time Farrah and possibly-here-for-Penthouse-publicity Taya … and Farrah gets the boot, primarily for kissing everyone but Bret on the tour. Farah busts out the second-best farewell line of the season: “If he wants a motherly type who cuts his corn off his cob, he can pick Taya.”

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Previously on Rock of Love Bus:

• Bret Michaels’ Rock of Love Bus Hits the Road, Debauchery Ensues
• Bret Michaels Hosts a Trashy Mass Wedding on “Rock of Love Bus”
• A Hockey Game Turns Bret Michaels’ Ladies Crazy on “Rock of Love Bus”
• Bret Michaels Snoozes While the Girls Stir Up Drama in Chicago on “Rock of Love Bus”
• Bret Michaels Adds Three new Smoking Hot Hotties to “Rock of Love Bus”
• Bret Michaels’ Girls Hits the Mud for Dirtiest “Rock of Love Bus” Yet
• Bret Michaels Loses Girls to Intoxication, Rational Thought on “Rock of Love Bus”