I am all around,
You see me all the time.
Almost everyone has one of me;
Those who don't, need to get one of me.
Most can spend me on almost anything,
but if you spend me the wrong way you may regret it,
For I can only be spent once.
Who or What am I?

(In reply to A little different slant by Richard)

Yours fits better than others answers, but it could be said also of a minute,   

considering that "you see me all the time": the time is composed of minutes, and

"almost every one has one of me": If you ask somebody: do you have a minute, please?, usually people have it, and

"those who don't": they have no time, they are in a hurry: they usually said 'give me a minute, please': "need to get one of me"

The rest of the riddle fit perfectly with a minute: people can lost a match in the last a minute, fail to take a train for a minute and so on...

 

 

Edited on May 25, 2005, 5:25 pm

Posted by armando on 2005-05-25 07:28:02