import sys

sys.setrecursionlimit(200005)
int1 = lambda x: int(x)-1
p2D = lambda x: print(*x, sep="\n")
def II(): return int(sys.stdin.buffer.readline())
def LI(): return list(map(int, sys.stdin.buffer.readline().split()))
def LI1(): return list(map(int1, sys.stdin.buffer.readline().split()))
def LLI(rows_number): return [LI() for _ in range(rows_number)]
def LLI1(rows_number): return [LI1() for _ in range(rows_number)]
def BI(): return sys.stdin.buffer.readline().rstrip()
def SI(): return sys.stdin.buffer.readline().rstrip().decode()
# dij = [(0, 1), (-1, 0), (0, -1), (1, 0)]
# dij = [(0, 1), (-1, 0), (0, -1), (1, 0), (1, 1), (1, -1), (-1, 1), (-1, -1)]
dij = [(0, 1), (1, 0), (1, 1), (1, -1)]
inf = 10**16
# md = 998244353
md = 10**9+7

n=II()
r=n
ans=[]
for u in range(1,n+1):
    if u+1>=r:break
    for v in range(u+1,r):
        ans.append((u,v))
    r-=1

print(len(ans))
for u,v in ans:
    print(u,v)