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Dear Fred:
"I've heard all your stories before,"
Hawking scoffed, as he rolled through the door.
"Though a wormhole's sublime,
You won't travel in time.
For you, there's a black hole in store."
I'm not sure who wrote the limerick (was it you?)but although it would seem to relate to the issue at hand, the black hole portion would indicate otherwise. Instead, the connection between the two wormhole mouths is supposed to collapse for a very specific reason, according to Hawking, except when that reason is closely looked at, it's clearly wrong. The ironic thing is that there's 14 other reasons why the same idea wouldn't work that Hawking and everyone else did miss!
The original is in Kip Thorne's book, Black Holes and Time Warps:Einstein's Outrageous Legacy. When I get more time, I'll post a follow-up.
In the meantime, thanks for the congrats. Have a good weakend!