Blackouts, battle scars and a whole lot of booze tend to trademark 21st birthdays in The Classic City, yet some standout beyond the rest.

“Normally it’s your typical hammered kid who can’t walk and has their friends carrying them,” said Boar’s Head bar back Charles McKinney III.

“But there was this one girl who was really crazy. She came in with a poster of things to do. Almost everything had already been checked off.”

However there was one task not yet completed: get a bartender to spank her while she stood on the bar.

“She got up on the bar wearing a dress and started dancing around,” McKinney said. “I don’t know what she was thinking, but she pulled her dress all the way up and bent over, but she wasn’t wearing any underwear.”

As the newly 21 year old completed her final task, her friends cheered her on, unable to see what she was doing from where they stood.

“We were caught off guard. The bartender didn’t know what to do so he smacked her ass and pretended nothing ever happened. She was hammered. I don’t even know if she knows to this day!” McKinney said.

The late-night bar was very crowded, so the girl showed her stuff to a large audience.

Some of the bar-goers may have been mildly disturbed by that risqué show, but almost all were disgusted by his second story about a birthday boy who needed to use the bathroom.

“The guy went downstairs into the girls’ bathroom and took a crap all over one of the girls’ stalls,” McKinney explained. “The worst part was he got it all over the bathroom. It was nasty. He was so hammered he just went the wrong way into the bathroom and missed the toilet completely.”

While neither of the Boar’s Head beauties were arrested, some University students start their 21st year in the Athens-Clarke County jail.

“You might think they would let you get away because it’s your birthday,” said Laura of Double O Bonding Company, “but since it has become such a serious issue they are really cracking down.”

Such was the case with one University student who was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication on his 21st birthday outside Bourbon Street Bar earlier this semester.

The student was denied from the bar due to excessive intoxication and was incredibly angry.

“In my 12 years of experience, I can’t recall anyone that acted with less respect than him,” the arresting officer wrote in the report.

Most of the birthday students they bail out are charged with urinating in public and disorderly conduct, Laura said.

“There was a case where the boy went into the bar before the midnight he would turn 21. They caught him and charged him with fake ID before it even hit 12,” Laura said. “He was mad and fussing because it was his birthday.”

Though getting arrested could have some costly repercussions, there are serious health consequences with binging on your 21st.

A recent University of Missouri study found that many college students excessively drink on their 21st birthdays, a move that could sabotage their health. After surveying more than 2,500 current and former college students, researchers found that birthday goers partake in activities such as “21 for 21″ shots, and 34 percent of men and 24 percent of women reported consuming 21 drinks or more, with a drink maximum of 30 for women and 50 for men.

Researchers also estimated the respondents’ blood alcohol content, reporting that 49 percent of men and 35 percent of women had estimated BAC of 0.26 or higher, a level that indicates severe intoxication that could lead to a coma or death.

“This research should serve as evidence that there needs to be more public education about the dangers of 21st birthday binge drinking,” said Patricia C. Rutledge, the study’s author, in a news release about the report. “The risks here are not limited to those with a history of problematic drinking, and there needs to be a strategy to address a custom that can lead to alcohol poisoning and, possibly, death.”

Despite these statistics, most birthday students are just out for a normal good time.

“Mostly they go out on their birthday and get ridiculously drunk, but it’s not outrageous,” said Norris of Much Love Taxi Services.

“I’d be lying if I told you that it was outrageous. They get in here and say ‘Do you love me? I’m 21 so you should give me a free ride.’ That’s the only thing they ask for.”

Norris said he never fulfills that request, but still gets them where they need to go.

Jimmy Williamson of the University Police Department said there were no 21st birthday stories that stand out in his mind.

“It’s the action of overconsumption, not the birthday, that you remember,” Williamson said.