#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

//#define int long long
#define all(v) (v).begin(), (v).end()
#define rall(v) (v).rbegin(), (v).rend()
#define rep(i,n) for(int i=0;i<n;++i)
#define rep1(i,n) for(int i=1;i<n;++i)
#define exrep(i, a, b) for(ll i = a; i < b; i++)
#define out(x) cout << x << endl
#define EPS (1e-7)
#define gearup ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);cin.tie(0);cout.tie(0);

typedef long long int ll;
typedef long double ld;
typedef unsigned long long int ull;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<char> vc;
typedef vector<bool> vb;
typedef vector<double> vd;
typedef vector<string> vs;
typedef vector<pair<int,int> > vpii;
typedef vector<vector<int> > vvi;
typedef vector<vector<char> > vvc;
typedef vector<vector<bool> > vvb;
typedef vector<vector<double> > vvd;
typedef vector<vector<string> > vvs;
typedef vector<ll> vl;
typedef vector<vector<ll> > vvl;
typedef vector<vector<vector<ll> > > vvvl;
ll MOD = 1000000007;
const long long L_INF = 1LL << 60;
const int INF = 2147483647; // 2^31-1
const double PI = acos(-1);
//cout<<fixed<<setprecision(10);

template<class T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) {if (a > b) {a = b;return true;}return false;}
template<class T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) {if (a < b) {a = b;return true;}return false;}
template<class T> void debug(T v){rep(i,v.size()) cout<<v[i]<<" ";cout<<endl;}
const ll dx[8] = {1, 1, 0, -1, -1, -1, 0, 1};
const ll dy[8] = {0, 1, 1, 1, 0, -1, -1, -1};

struct mint {
    long long x;
    mint(long long x=0):x((x%MOD+MOD)%MOD){}
    mint operator-() const { return mint(-x);}
    mint& operator+=(const mint a) {
        if ((x += a.x) >= MOD) x -= MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    mint& operator-=(const mint a) {
        if ((x += MOD-a.x) >= MOD) x -= MOD;
    	return *this;
    }
    mint& operator*=(const mint a) {
    	(x *= a.x) %= MOD;
    	return *this;
    }
    mint operator+(const mint a) const {
        mint res(*this);
        return res+=a;
    }
    mint operator-(const mint a) const {
        mint res(*this);
        return res-=a;
    }
    mint operator*(const mint a) const {
        mint res(*this);
        return res*=a;
    }
    mint pow(long long t) const {
        if (!t) return 1;
        mint a = pow(t>>1);
        a *= a;
    	if (t&1) a *= *this;
        return a;
    }
    // for prime MOD
    mint inv() const {
        return pow(MOD-2);
    }
    mint& operator/=(const mint a) {
    	return (*this) *= a.inv();
    }
    mint operator/(const mint a) const {
        mint res(*this);
        return res/=a;
    }
};
 
signed main()
{   
    gearup;
    ll n; cin >> n;
    vpii res;
    if(n & 1){
        ll ban_node = n-1;
        rep1(i,n+1){
            rep1(j,n+1){
                if(j <= i)continue;
                if(j == ban_node)continue;
                res.push_back({i,j});
            }
            ban_node--;
        }
    }
    else{
        ll ban_node = n;
        rep1(i,n+1){
            rep1(j,n+1){
                if(j <= i)continue;
                if(j == ban_node)continue;
                res.push_back({i,j});
            }
            ban_node--;
        }
    }
    int m = res.size();
    out(m);
    rep(i,m){
        cout << res[i].first << " " << res[i].second << endl;
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 3708