love lessons from bret michaels

So "Rove of Love Bus" -- the final installment of Bret Michaels' dating show -- is over and the bandana-clad Poison rocker chose Taya, a Penthouse Pet.

If that's not the stuff of true love, I don't know what is.

Let's not be too hard on Bret. Here, he talks about the arduous process of finding love on reality TV. How did he determine a girl's "keeper" potential?

I would throw them in a Super Mud Bowl motocross race or a grease pig challenge. These are great things to find true love.

OK, maybe straddling a pig isn't the No. 1 indicator of future relationship success. But I think a big part of dating someone, especially in the early stages, is seeing how they function outside their element.

Scenes like watching whether they can find something to order -- without throwing up -- at an especially exotic restaurant.

Even in the absence of reality TV cameras, do you set up challenges to gauge compatibility?