>Charlie considers Alan and Glep Smiling Friends (if entertaining Jambo as 5th SF material)
>announcer breaking the 4th wall called Smormu the potential 5th Smiling Friend
>Alan and Glep are employees of Smiling Friends, Alan must be more than just hourly housekeeping as he has a 401k with the company
Maybe it's like a distinction of job title vs defacto title by working for a company. Wait, SF is a charity, a non profit. I wonder if that affects any of this.