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Not sure if anybody knows what Magoo was implying, much less Magoo themself.

Old is a fine word. It went through a phase of being unpopular because of certain stereotypical connotations, but it's making a bit of a comeback. Clunky alternatives like elderly and aged are going the way of the dodo, and that's a good thing. PC politeness always comes across as a tad insincere, eliciting the occasional eye roll.

Out of interest, would you have honestly queried it if Magoo had said "carry on like an old man"?

Good question.   Possibly not, my antennae are more attuned to sexism than to ageism.   Also, there are plenty of examples on this messageboard of stereotypical "old man shakes fist at sky", very few female equivalents if any.   As far as I can tell.

 I still don't know what carrying on like an old woman means.