Big Metric is a group of French scientists from the 18th century going around with a 1 metre long, 1 Kg heavy stick of pure platinum, hitting people's shins whe

Big Metric is a group of French scientists from the 18th century going around with a 1 metre long, 1 Kg heavy stick of pure platinum, hitting people's shins whenever they hear nonsense like "it's cold, it's only 50 degrees this morning" or "is that a 39 and 3/8ths inch stick in your hand?"