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"Oh boy, it's a boys-only party ! There'll be Jim, who never sleeps, and Jimmy, who's capable of anything. Charlie and Mike'll be there for sure, they're always so excited. And Nick... man, Nick just has that thing, you know, he's so fascinating! Sure, Andy can be a little cold (and let's not mention Bill...), Al is a little too loud sometimes -especially when he drinks too much with Big Boy Izzy-, but man, even Henry will be there, and we don't see him around much anymore ! Oh George, won't you come ?"

But George won't. Why ?

Hints :

As visualnotsobasic suggests in the comments. All names here refer to historical figures. All are men, including George. All these men had the same occupation. The names given are nicknames of their actual names.

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This is related to

Physical units, and their historical namesakes

We have

Jim

James Prescott Joule (full of energy, never sleeps)

Jimmy

James Watt (has power to do anything?)

Charlie

Charles Augustin de Coulomb

Mike

Michael Faraday

Nick

Nikola Tesla

Andy

Anders Celsius (a little cold)

Bill

William Thompson, Lord Kelvin (scale is often used for colder temperatures)

Al

Alexander Graham Bell (as in decibel), who can be loud. (First suggestion: Alessandro Volta)

Izzy

Isaac Newton

Henry

Heinrich Hertz (who is seen less frequently). (Prev answer: Unit of inductance, named after Joseph Henry, but he is known as Joe to the gang).

As to why George won't come

Georg Ohm is putting up too much...

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Resistance

Fillet
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  • Congratulations, this is in essence the right answer ! I feel like maybe you haven't used all the descriptions to get the correct men each time. For example (rot13)Urael vf Uregm orpnhfr "jr qba'g frr uvz nebhaq zhpu nalzber" ersref gb gur serdhrapl ng juvpu gur tnat frrf uvz. Al is wrong too. – Soltius Mar 08 '19 at 13:09
  • I have had a second go at Al, and switched the alternative for Henry to be the answer – Fillet Mar 08 '19 at 13:24
  • Everything is correct now ! – Soltius Mar 08 '19 at 13:27
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    Thanks! Alternative punchline: George decided he'd rather... (rot13)fgnl ng Buz – Fillet Mar 08 '19 at 13:35
  • (rot13)Buz-ltbfu... – Soltius Mar 08 '19 at 13:50
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Because George is

either George Eliot, a.k.a. Mary Ann Evans, or George Sand, a.k.a. Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin.  Both were (female) authors (George Eliot wrote Silas Marner) who used “George” as a pseudonym.

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    Intriguing idea, but it seems like this needs some explanation of (1) who all the others are, and (2) why "our" George should be either of those. – Gareth McCaughan Mar 04 '19 at 02:36
  • Nice answer I actually thought of when writing this puzzle, but not the one I was expecting. I can confirm "our" George is indeed a man. Like Gareth says, all other names are important (although it's not necessary to "get" all of them to find why George won't come) – Soltius Mar 04 '19 at 08:01