Gonz has got a point
Whoever posted that on B3ta may have nicked it from the same person who sent it to FHM for all we know. Or it may be a little-known urban myth. I can hardly point fingers at people who make up their answers to QOTW
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 14:54, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

You haven't got enough fingers.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 15:09, Reply)

Most unusual for Norfolk.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 15:13, Reply)

man oh man
i wish i'd stolen my story :(
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 15:14, Reply)

What I mean is.... let's say John from down the road who reads FHM _and_ b3ta, copy'n'pastes from b3ta to FHM and FHM run with it....
... are FHM supposed to run a check on every single letter that comes in? Are they supposed to know every story that is on the internet?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 15:18, Reply)

yeah but it's kind of a coincidence that several QOTW stories have made it in
I do think it's FHM as a whole rather than individual people doing the stealing.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 15:52, Reply)

Are they stories that are normally voted quite highly here? 'cus that would imply that people outside of b3ta find stories funny that people on b3ta find funny.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 15:54, Reply)