Picture 1091.pngThat’s right, Bernie’s reign of terror continues and this time he’s hitting where it hurts. The Post reports the North Shore Country Club has seen its membership slashed by a third as a result of Ponzi Boy rendering his victims too poor to swing the $16,000/year fee, with one woman “so hysterical, she just cleaned out her locker and left.” 20 part-time and six full-time employees have been laid off and it’s possible the place may have to pack it in for good. On the plus side, rates are being discounted so if you’ve been looking to join a place but were previously too cheap to do so, now’s your chance.

Comments (22)

  1. Posted by guest | April 14, 2009 at 5:07 PM

    Rough, hazardous time to be a greenskeeper.

  2. Posted by guest | April 14, 2009 at 5:15 PM

    Correct me if I’m wrong Sandy, but if I kill all the golfers, they’re gonna lock me up and throw away the key.
    –Groundskeeper Bernie

  3. Posted by miami | April 14, 2009 at 5:19 PM

    Maybe they took their balls and landed on the beach?

  4. Posted by guest | April 14, 2009 at 5:48 PM

    I would not be a member of a cc with a golf pro named Michael Shank !!

  5. Posted by guest | April 14, 2009 at 6:49 PM

    Sorry to go off topic but rather than “to cheap to do so”, shouldn’t it be “too cheap to do so”?

  6. Posted by guest | April 14, 2009 at 6:51 PM

    @5- you have a sad little life, don’t you?

  7. Posted by guest | April 14, 2009 at 6:53 PM

    @6 probably, but at least I am literate.

  8. Posted by guest | April 14, 2009 at 7:01 PM

    @7- yeah, the editor of this site is surely illiterate.
    idiot.

  9. Posted by step on all the bids | April 14, 2009 at 7:02 PM

    @4-haha I went to school with him, good guy, terrible golfer.

  10. Posted by guest | April 14, 2009 at 7:20 PM

    Golf courses and cemeteries, biggest waste of prime real estate

  11. Posted by guest | April 14, 2009 at 9:05 PM

    5
    Chimp
    .

  12. Posted by guest | April 14, 2009 at 11:03 PM

    two wrongs don’t make a right, but three rights make a left.

  13. Posted by guest | April 15, 2009 at 12:46 AM

    @10 – Golfeteries = one stop shopping. Bury ‘em under their favorite hole, with the grief, booze and Triscuits get-together in the club house afterwards.

  14. Posted by guest | April 15, 2009 at 7:17 AM

    On the welcome letter to new members: Please leave pitchforks in your car.

  15. Posted by Seaman Bodine II | April 15, 2009 at 7:25 AM

    I heard this story on Bloomberg yesterday and it made me more irritated than usual, given the fact that it’s (a) Long Island (b) a bunch of pikers who actually invested in a douche like Madoff (c) proof that people who cover finance have no concept of perspective.

  16. Posted by guest | April 15, 2009 at 8:24 AM

    She has a certain…ZEST for living

  17. Posted by guest | April 15, 2009 at 8:56 AM

    Spalding get your foot off the boat!

  18. Posted by guest | April 15, 2009 at 9:01 AM

    Overheard last week at the North Shore Country Club before teeing off at Deepdale.
    Al Czervik: Last time I saw a mouth like that, it had a hook in it.
    Al Czervik: Oh, this your wife, huh? A lovely lady. Hey baby, you must’ve been something before electricity.
    Judge Smails: I demand satisfaction.
    [mocking] You demand satisfaction? Well I’ll tell you what’s satisfying: *cash*. I’ll shoot you 18 holes for ten thousand bucks!
    Judge Smails: [laughs] Wha… I could beat you with one arm!
    Al Czervik: Well, how about teams then, for twenty thousand? You can have Dr. Frankenputz…
    Dr. Beeper: [mortified] I beg your pardon!
    Al Czervik: And I’ll take Ty, here.
    Ty Webb: Wait a minute guys… I don’t play golf… for money… against people.
    Ty Webb: You take drugs Danny?
    Danny: Every day.
    Ty Webb: Good then what’s your problem?

  19. Posted by guest | April 15, 2009 at 9:14 AM

    It’s easy to grin when your ship comes in and you’ve got the stock market beat. But the man worthwhile, is the man who can smile, when his shorts are too tight in the seat.
    - Judge Smails

  20. Posted by guest | April 15, 2009 at 9:22 AM

    Awwwww, Porterhouse! Look at this wax build-up on my shoes!

  21. Posted by guest | April 15, 2009 at 11:11 AM

    will North shore take $5,000 for a membership?
    Let me know, I am in for that price

  22. Posted by guest | April 15, 2009 at 11:20 AM

    ….and when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness…so i got that going for me!
    which is nice.

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