Unusually long bonds or short intermolecular contacts occur in the title compounds reminiscent of pancake bonding. Pancake bonding interactions seem analogous to π-stacking interactions, but they display much shorter contact distances than normally seen in van der Waals (vdW) dimers.

Guy expels a hard, tight-lipped sigh and lets gravity pull him chairward

to fight tooth, fang, and claw for something

This morning I have a letter from Laurence Hogan telling me that you have been scobbing in the mill since the murders and of course I am shocked to hear it.