Expiration dates are important!!!

So, in an effort to coerce some warm weather our way we decided to have BLT's tonight for dinner. Nothing screams summer more then BLT's, especially with home grown tomato's!! My husband and daughter LOVE bacon so for the three of us 1 pound is not enough. One package was new and the other was...not. As a matter of fact the expiration date was...."use by Nov. 28, 2008". Clearly we should not have used it. This was our conversation.

Him "those dates mean sell by"
Me "uh, really, because USE by is kinda different then SELL by and this clearly states USE by Nov. 2008. It isn't even the same year we are in!"
Him "those are just guidelines"

You think they maybe put dates on there for a reason?! I understand if it was Dec. 08, and I probably wouldn't think twice but the bacon was almost 5 months expired!!!
So you are probably wondering what happens next. I will let you all know as soon as I can stay out of the bathroom long enough to tell you!!!!! Gotta go. Seriously...