What is the “holy grail” of your life? That object you know exists but can’t seem to find?

1. A few years ago in Mexico I saw this infomercial for an elliptical machine. I don’t remember the name, but it only had one pedal instead of two, and everyone looked like they were air humping. It was hysterical, but to this day I haven’t been able to find that infomercial anywhere, and my fuzzy tequila memory isn’t helping.
   — gus_sinsky


2. When I was 8ish my mom bought me a My Little Pony Sister Perfume Pony for my birthday at Costco. It was soooo beautiful. My mom is terrible at secrets so I know she hid it in my dad's closet-I saw her put it up there. A few weeks later, along comes my birthday...no pony. My mom tells me she decided to wait until Christmas. Christmas comes, no pony. My mother admits, very distressed, that she can't find it. I'm like, "D'uh, it's in dad's closet..." Nope. We take everything out of the closet, no pony. I'm now in my mid thirties and that pony has taken on a mythical quality. My mom still lives in the same house and will randomly organize closets, etc., taking everything out to try and find it. Recently she was cleaning out the attic and admitted she was still looking for it. It drives us both bonkers and she swears she'll find it someday. Meanwhile, I've tried to locate it on eBay, etc. and can't seem to find the exact on for sale either. It was one of the last G1 My Little Ponies they made. ETA: Spelling correction(s)
   — only1genevieve


3. This pet store I went to as a child that straight up had a monkey for sale, and live mice that were like, ten cents a piece.
   — minstrelMadness






4. My grandmother gave me a teddy bear when I was 3, before she died. I had a tough childhood and that bear saw some shit. I named him Brownie Bear and I took him with me to college, when my husband and I got married, and when we moved across the country. He has simply vanished. I've looked everywhere.
   — Augifer


5. THANK YOU TO THIS THREAD, I FINALLY FOUND IT AFTER YEARS OF SEARCHING. It was a sci-fi short story I read in ~1989 (summary below). I knew it existed because of Internet posts about it from other people like me who were looking for it, but nobody ever knew what it was. Some amazing soul found [a post about it from 2013](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/34370/short-sci-fi-story-about-a-car-that-endlessly-drives-itself) and answered it in late 2017! Anyway it's a short story about self-driving cars. Apparently the early models had a glitch, and some would trap their riders inside, then drive around endlessly just filling up at automated gas stations and getting repaired at automated repair shops, with the dessicated corpses of their passengers inside. I think the model of these (fictitious) cars was called 'Traveler.' The story, apparently, is "Road Stop" by David Mason. Now I have to get a copy somewhere. THANKS REDDIT.
   — DrFrylock


6. This series of fairy tale cassette tapes from the 90s. I've almost given up hope. I can still hear some of the voices and songs
   — soda_yeti






7. my grandmother used to make Crunchy hashbrowns at Christmas each year until her death. all we know is she used ripple chips and lots of cheese and on the top was where most of the chips were all mashed up with cheese and the inside was a lighter texture even a bit creamy at times but always cheesy. it's been a few years now and nearly a dozen attempts yet nobody can get it.
   — YourLocalMonarchist


8. my grandma's chocolate chip cookie recipe. she never wrote it down, and took the recipe with her when left this world. the cookie was round from the side view. as if you sliced the tip off of a sphere. It thick but light and almost fluffy in the center but had kind of a bread like quality. i have gotten books from the library, tried many many recipes for 'fluffy chocolate chip cookies' but there is something different. too sugary, not bread-like enough. I've since given up. [edit] spelling
   — mossberbb


9. The perfect bag. Big enough for my crap, but not bulky, must have lots of pockets for organization, must have external water bottle holder that holds more than a small plastic bottle. But also shouldn’t get so heavy it’s unusable. I basically want the spell Hermione used to make her bag fit everything but still be nice and dainty.
   — GoldenGrlz






10. The fucking lime flavored Italian Soda at Wholefoods. Wholefoods makes all these different flavors of Italian Soda, but none were ever as delicious as the lime flavor. It tasted like the best virgin margarita you've ever had. I purchased one (1.5 litre) bottle two years ago, drank all of it within a week, and knew instantly that it would soon become a staple on my grocery list. When I returned to the store for my second bottle, THEY HAD DISCONTINUED IT. Tried ordering online- all gone. For the past two years every time I go into a wholefoods I check the soda aisle (while traveling out of state I will even stop at the local wholefoods just to check!). I'm sure after all this time I've exaggerated how good it tasted in my memory, but damn it upsets me.
    — justsayinyall11


11. There was a song I heard when visiting Disney Land when I was 4 years old, 1996ish-1997ish. I cannot recall what the song was called, or really anything about the song. It has to be a popular song because I remember it playing a lot throughout my childhood. I can't remember the lyrics, the guitar solo, nothing. I just have a very distinct image in my head of that point in my life. If I ponder on this hard enough I can almost make it out, but I've tried for the last 20 years and can't recall the damn song. I haven't heard the song play on the radio, or anything (2000 - current time) to even have a chance of looking it up. Part of me thinks it might be a Christian song? But I honestly have no clue? That's my holy Grail, to figure out what damn song I listened to that day.
    — IN0Sc0p3dJFK


12. When I was seven, I wrote this story about an invisible wizard that lived underground and fought a Roman centurion that controlled wolves. At the time, I thought it was the best thing put to the page in the history of literature, but now, as I remember odd quirks, like the protagonists googling the mcguffin, leading the protagonists on their quest, purposely misspelling words, and a henchman letting the protagonists go after succumbing to a prank, I want to find this piece of shit and have a good laugh. Unfortunately, it has seemed to have disappeared off the face of the Earth. Hopefully, it's in a recycling plant, allowing the manuscript to be turned into something useful to someone. Edit: I just remembered something else in the story. When the protagonists arrived in the wizard’s city, they were put in the care of a baker and his wife, both of whom spoke only in cryptic riddles.
    — _John_Locke_4815