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I ran into this on a VPN where the the local resolver returns a host for 'tmp' (e.g., tmp.vpn.example.com). The host didn't send any response, so drush just spent a long time waiting for a timeout before proceeding.
Another solution that should be more persistent was mentioned in a drush issue: https://drupal.org/node/840540#comment-6039634
Adding an entry for 'tmp' (or whatever directory your patches are in) to your hosts file that points to 127.0.0.1 will cause the request to fail quickly, causing drush to fall back to the local file.
It also looks like Drush 6 will handle local files natively.