Now that the impact $1.65 billion Google/YouTube deal has begun to sink in there’s plenty of serious commentary to ponder and strategic planning to do if you’re in the web-video business. Meanwhile here are a few lighter observations.

First from Slash/dot: “Google’s acquisition of online video sharing site YouTube.com resulted in massive traffic headed to uTube.com, “the number one supplier of used Tube & Pipe equipment in the world!”, according to the site. CNN Money reports: “The company, which sells used machinery for making tubes to clients worldwide, has seen its site utube.com knocked off line by millions of online searchers looking for video site. “It’s killing us,” said Ralph Girkins, president and owner of the 22-year-old business.

The final word goes to two readers of the Onion. Curt Havermeyer cuts right to the bottom line, “That’s nearly a dollar for every video of a cat falling off a bed.” And Elisa Leonard more ascerbic observation: “The beauty of YouTube is that it takes entertainment out of the hands of morons in suits and puts it into the hands of morons in sweats.” Tell it like it is, Elisa.