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One of the issues I've been coming to terms with while doing this job is that someone trying to make a whiplash compensation claim may be overwhelmed with irrelevant information. This is because 'whiplash' is used in many more contexts than the painful condition they are suffering from. Here are seven things you can safely ignore as irrelevant to neck injury:
7: Masters of the Universe
Whiplash, in this sense, is one of Skeletor's minions that made life difficult for He-Man. He was a humanoid lizard with a tail that he would use like a whip to lash his opponents in a fight - at least on screen. The model was not quite so impressive, although it did have a spring in its hips that would allow you to knock over some empty drinks cans.
6: Craft at speed
There's a group of bloggers heavily involved in craft projects, who run a competition called "Whip-up Whiplash" among themselves to create something within a tight time period. I sent my mother a link to this one when I found it; it's exactly the sort of thing she enjoys. But it's not going to help you in your search for compensation.
5: Wrestling attack
Girly pacifist as I am, I'm not entirely sure I understand the explanation of it, but there is a pro-wrestling move called the Whiplash. It appears to involve hooking the other guy on to the ropes, making a knot of his arms, and using his neck to pull him back off the ropes and drive him painfully into the floor, head-first. Good clean fun, I'm sure.
4: Stampeding sheep
Some older friends tell me they have very fond memories of Whiplash being a western-style programme set in Australia, only with the hero, Cobb, using a bullwhip where the American pioneers had their Smith and Wessons. And there it is in Google. Apparently Star Trek's Gene Roddenberry was involved, and one scriptwriter wanted our heroes to be chased by a herd of stampeding sheep. Not even classic TV, though, can help with your claim process.
3: Weaponise a small furry creature
If the wrestling seemed unnecessarily violent, this gets even more so - it's a video game in which an electrocuted weasel called Spanx uses a fluffy bunny chained to its arm as a weapon to beat its way out of a laboratory complex. Even before its UK release, the RSPCA and even the House of Commons registered horror at the furry violence, although the designers insist that the overall message is against animal cruelty.
2: Bang your head
Metallica's popularity can interfere with the results, as they have a song called 'Whiplash' - this invites you to "Bang your head" so that you "Make it ring, make it bleed, make it really sore". As any personal injury solicitor will tell you, following the band's advice would not help your whiplash compensation claim.
1: Whiplash the Rodeo Monkey
How could this not be my favourite? Exactly as you'd expect, this is a real-life monkey who rides a collie in rodeos. No violence, just a tiny cowboy outfit, the ability to do that move from Westerns where you hang off the side of your horse (or dog), and a slightly unsettling resemblance to the Whiplash Rides! front page. He can be seen on YouTube - it might even be enough to distract you from your whiplash injury for a while. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDcAsj3RziQ
Cleaning your results
If any of these are appearing in your results and you'd like to get rid of them, this is possible, as Google has a handy feature where you can ask for words not to be in your search. You can access this through the "Advanced Search" link, or by slipping a minus sign before the word you want to exclude, which should return only information that is relevant to your injury.
This means that, as you search for information in your whiplash compensation claim, you can help yourself by including any - or all - of the following in your Google search box: -He-man -sewing -wrestling -Cobb -Spanx -metallica -monkey. Though what kind of heartless soul would want to exclude the rodeo monkey is beyond me.
