Tough-luck Tim Trimble is used to a life where nothing good seems to come his way...As a fifth grader at Migrainia Elementary his days are filled with ripping wedgies, lousy grades, and wasted daydreams of being a big league baseball star. His best friend Gibby tries to keep him in check, but Tim continues to have a case of the bad luck virus day after day. Tim is also close to his grandfather, a retired plumber who always mutters crazy words like, "floshabadday ?" He would pay him visits on days after school where Tim would typically leave feeling somewhat better. Tim's grandfather was also what one could say a collector of extremely odd items...One of those items was a prized and mysterious pull-string TOILET Could this TOILET be the answer in flushing Tim's problems all away? ?