These won't be the greatest photos you'll ever see from a ticker-tape parade, but I wanted to show a little of what I shot at Tuesday's jubilant celebration of the Super Bowl champion New York Giants.

A few notes:

• The sidewalk was about half-full when I settled into a spot on Broadway at Pine Street, a block north of Wall Street. That was around 10:45 for the 11 a.m. scheduled event. Once things got rolling, all space was occupied. Forget about moving closer. You couldn't move away even if you wanted to.

• This was easily the merriest big crowd I have ever been a part of. It seemed everyone sported some kind of Giants apparel, and a good portion (including me) wore the locker-room T-shirt, which was pretty much the only post-Super Bowl shirt available in NYC on Monday. It was early in the day, so no one was drunk and annoying, and you could tell that this team — with that run, and that final game against that opponent — is going to hold a place in our hearts for a long, long time.

• I understand that ticker-tape machines are dinosaurs, but you'd think the office residents could at least do a better job of shredding paper. Check out this pic of 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of paper raining down. Are you kidding me? Can't anyone find scissors? Isn't anyone smart enough to tear some sheets in half, at the very least? People were also tossing #10 envelopes, paper towels, and toilet paper.

• Between floats carrying players were buses and flat-bed trucks transporting family members and assorted team employees. They were rolling buzzkills. Sorry I didn't cheer more for you, Ms. Associate Marking Manager for Giants Stadium.

• The Post reports that Plaxico Burress' painful knee caused him to miss the parade, which surprised me (is riding in a float that strenuous?) and saddened me, as he clearly deserved the appreciation. Jeremy Shockey also missed the event, and maybe one of these years we'll find out just what's going on with his relationship with the franchise, because it doesn't seem strong.

• Can we get a recount on Osi Umenyiora being the Giants' only Pro Bowl rep in Hawaii? Yet, his selection, which surely seemed like good news in December, caused him to miss the parade, as well.

• If you asked the crowd which of the players that rolled by was Super Bowl hero David Tyree, perhaps 1% of them would have been correct. You just don't often see special-teams players without their helmets on. I'm sure a lot of confused people yelled other players' names at him, though, which is sad. (Like the guy who yelled for "Osiiiii!" even though Osi was thousands of miles away.)

• Among spontaneous chants of "Let's Go Giants!" "M-V-P!" "18-1!" and "Boston Sucks!" was a "Redskins Suck!" serenade of defensive coordinator Jim Spagnuolo, whom Washington is interviewing for its vacant head-coaching job.

• And, in conclusion, "WE STOMPED YOU OUT!" (Video, 2:07 in)