You are absolutely right. The thing is, I remember reading about it back in the day and I always thought it was Lazlo not holding bitcoin as of today. My bad.
Don't sweat much, the fine print can go under the radar easily.
The fact that the seller of the pizzas sold it almost immediately, showed that laszlo could have easily done the same. Lots of other people have traded more bitcoins than that for their dollar value at the time, but be made sure it was a public trade with the aim of showing the public that bitocin can be used to buy and sell. Very impressive.