So, 600,000 jobs lost last month, huh? Well then there’s no better time for our weekly financialisticle Big Money Mondays, wherein we chronicle moments of incongruous extravagance in a world otherwise headed for the bread line. Following our long tradition of charting trends in the luxury goods markets, this week’s listicle, courtesy of mental_floss, features 10 Unnecessarily Diamond-Encrusted Objects.

The list is terrific, covering things as high tech as iPhones and as low-brow as toothpick sleeves (they have those?!). If we had out pick of the listicle, we’d get a diamond-encrusted Hot Wheels toy car (pictured at right). That said, we found some things lacking, which we’ve helpfully included after the jump.

Diamond-Encrusted iPod Shuffle

Sure, mental_floss had a diamond-encrusted iPod Nano and a diamond-encrusted iPhone on their listicle, but isn’t this cute little design so much cooler?

Warthog Tusk Corkscrew with Diamond-Encrusted Monogram

We really like this one, seriously. Because as soon as we got one for our wife and each of our four kids (we bought them in bulk) the only way to tell them apart was by the helpful diamond-encrusted monograms.